The filmmaker, B. Foxwell, spent 10 years on a film called Fabricated exploring the materiality of metal, and has now moved on to wood. Each frame is microscopically different from the last, animating waves of wood grain with such smoothness that they look like water, hence the title.

"I became fascinated with the possibilities of a sci-fi world based on the alien forms to be found within this material that grows all around us," he writes on his website. "While brainstorming this world, I came upon the concept of the WoodSwimmer. This is a deep scan of both the material of wood and the time embedded in its structure."

After shooting in a laborious process, Foxwell turned to animator and musician Bedtimes to edit the video and produce the creeping, mechanical soundtrack bedding the piece.